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Boston theater company fall productions

Posted on August 29, 2023 | 3 comments

At the close of each summer, I like to promote local theater comanies and their upcoming fall productions to remind people of the vibrant (and underrated) theater community here in Boston. I hope this post will encourage you to support Boston’s local theater community. One advantage of supporting these theater companies is that ticket prices are more affordable than the national touring companies that come through Boston.

Below I’ve shared 2023/2024 season opening productions of several (not all) Boston theater companies. The shows are listed in order of opening dates and include links for more information.

Central Square Theater || Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
September 7 – October 8, 2023

The Huntington || Prayer for the French Republic
September 7 – October 8, 2023

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) || The Half-God of Rainfall
September 8 – September 24, 2023

Boston Lyric Opera || Madama Butterfly
September 14 – September 24, 2023

SpeakEasy Stage || POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive
September 15 – October 15, 2023

Lyric Stage Company || Assassins
September 15 – October 15, 2023

Tickets to these shows make for a great ‘date night’ or night out with friends. Make plans now to catch a show later this fall. You’ll have a great time and your support will mean everything to these very worthy, local theater companies.

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Temptation Tuesday

Posted on August 29, 2023 | 2 comments

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Men in kilts

Posted on August 28, 2023 | Leave a comment

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Monday morning mancandy

Posted on August 28, 2023 | 1 comment

Hope you have a good day and a great week.

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Breakfast Club opens August 30th at The Brattle

Posted on August 27, 2023 | Leave a comment

Do you have nostalgia for the 1980s? Later this week the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square will be showing the 80s John Hughes classic, Breakfast Club. The 1985 film stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall and tracks their conversations and shenanigans as they serve an all-day Saturday detention. The movie is also backed up by an amazing soundtrack.

You can also pay to see a double feature with the 1991 film The Addams Family, starring Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, and Christina Ricci.

Click here for more information and tickets

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Scruffy Sunday

Posted on August 27, 2023 | Leave a comment

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Provincetown’s Gifford House gets a new owner and facelift

Posted on August 26, 2023 | Leave a comment

Earlier this week The Boston Globe shared an excellent article about Provincetown’s Gifford House. You can read the full article here, Provincetown’s Gifford House was on life support. Now the historic inn is making a queer comeback.

For those unfamiliar, The Gifford House has been around since 1858, but in recent years the 33-room guesthouse has fallen into disrepair and was a place I’d tell people to avoid – despite its relatively affordable rates. However, with the sale of the guesthouse to Steve Azar, a New Bedford native who has called Ptown home for more than a decade, new life has been breathed into the space.

The Boston Globe article goes into some detail about the work Azar has done to date and his plans after the 2023 summer season concludes to finish updating the structure, bedrooms and bathrooms, furniture, and common areas as well as the Inn’s two bars, The Porch and Purgatory. Moreover, while making these updates, Azar has rediscovered a long-forgotten theater that had in recent years been used as storage and reopened it as space for artists to use.

The sale of The Gifford House bucks a national trend of LGBTQ+ spaces closing and a trend in Provincetown of independently, gay-owned inns selling to national hospitality and real estate companies (e.g., Beaconlight Guest House (now the Mercury) and the Brass Key). By selling the property to Azar and keeping it in the “Ptown Family”, The Gifford House continues a strong tradition of independent, LGBTQ+ owned businesses in the small, gay enclave. This is significant because one of the keys to Provincetown remaining gay is that local businesses remain locally and gay-owned. One only has to look at the fantastic job Hawkins & Martini have done with their 2021 purchase of Provincetown’s Crown & Anchor as an example of how locally and gay-owned businesses contribute and enrich this special community.

I want to wish Steve Azar and his team much luck and success in the coming years at The Gifford House.

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Saturday morning coffee

Posted on August 26, 2023 | 2 comments

Enjoy your morning cup of joe.

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Furry Friday

Posted on August 25, 2023 | 1 comment

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BosGuy brain teaser

Posted on August 25, 2023 | 12 comments

Each Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together. Leave your guess in the comment section.

This week’s riddle: Four cars come to a four-way stop, each from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first and go forward simultaneously, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?

I’ll approve responses later in the day to allow people to respond without seeing any spoilers.

Like riddles? Check out past week’s brain teasers.

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What to do this weekend

Posted on August 24, 2023 | Leave a comment

Check out what’s happening in and around Boston this weekend.
Have an event or program you want to promote, email bosguymail@gmail.com.

BOSTON GAY BARS

Below are links to some of Boston’s busiest LGBTQ+ bars and event organizers

Alley Bar in Downtown Crossing
Friday & Saturday dance parties w/ Bearaoke each Sunday

blend in Dorchester
Friday & Saturday dance parties and Sunday drag/disco brunches

Gay Mafia Boston (entertainment organizer – various locations)
Weekly Wednesday – Sunday dance parties

Cathedral Station in South End
Gay sports bar & kitchen w/ patio and free parking

Club Cafe in South End
Thurs-Sun dance parties, nightly cabaret & Sunday tea dance

dbar in Dorchester
Friday Karaoke, Saturday dance parties, Sunday tea dance

Jacques Cabaret in Bay Village
Nightly drag performances by Boston’s best drag queens

LGBTQ NightLife (event organizer – various locations)
Events: Sapphic Nights, EMO Pity Party, Issa Vibe & more

ManRay / Campus in Central Square
Thursday 19+, Friday (creative dress) & Saturday (80s New Wave)

Men of Melanin Magic (event organizer – various locations)
Events: BussDown Fridays, Sunday Brunch DragTease & more

Trophy Room in South End
Neighborhood & sports bar & kitchen

WEEKEND PROGRAMMING

Here are a few more events / parties to which I wanted to shout out.

THURSDAY: Softball World Series Sendoff Party at Cathedral Station

THURSDAY: Queeraoke: Drink. Sing. Dance. Repeat in JP

FRIDAY: Frolic Friday – Episode 7 Art & Culture in Our Community

FRIDAY: Bussdown Fridays w/ Men of Melanin Magic at Legacy

SATURDAY & SUNDAY: More info about Kiki Beach Boston is here.

SATURDAY: LGBTQ+ History Project Picnic on the Cambridge Common

SATURDAY: Fruits by the Foot Queer Comedy night at Distraction Brewery

SATURDAY: So Hot Saturdaes Tighty Whitey Dance Party at blend

SUNDAY: FLAG FLAG Football Boston new season kick off party at Lawn on D

SUNDAY: Bearaoke at The Alley

WHERE TO CATCH A GAME

Watch games at Alley Bar, Cathedral Station & Trophy Room
Thursday, Red Sox play The Rockets @ 1PM
Friday, Red Sox play The Dodgers @7PM
Saturday, Red Sox play The Dodgers @4PM
Sunday, Red Sox play The Dodgers @1PM

TEA DANCES

Communi-TEA at Club Cafe

Sunday Tea at dbar

Bears Brews & Boys at Dorchester Brewing Co

DRAG BRUNCHES

Click the event links shared below for ticketing and reservation information.

Taylor Swift Drag Brunch
Saturday @11AM and again @2PM
Summer Shack (Boston)

DRAGtacular Drag Brunch! Britney vs Christina
Saturday @12PM
Laugh Boston

Illusions The Drag Brunch Boston
Saturday & Sunday shows @1:30PM
Hosted upstairs at Hennessey’s (Downtown)

Prince vs. Michael Jackson Drag Brunch
Sunday @11AM and again @2PM
Summer Shack (Cambridge)

Drag Me To Brunch
Sunday @2PM
Carrie Nation Cocktail Club (Beacon Hill)

And finally… another resource for what is happening at Boston gay bars is KikiPedia.

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Vintage gay

Posted on August 24, 2023 | 5 comments

These guys seem to be enjoying themselves. I can’t figure out if they are changing into bathing suits or if it’s the end of the day and they are changing out of them. Either way, to date this week’s photo you’ll need to be able to identify and date the car. I don’t feel like their haircuts or the one guy’s bathing suit provide enough context for me to place it.

BTW, much thanks to Classic Males on Twitter for the photo.

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Caption this photo

Posted on August 23, 2023 | 15 comments

Please share a caption of your own for this week’s photograph. Hopefully, the caption I’ve shared below will inspire you to leave a funny caption in the comment section. If you don’t see it immediately don’t worry, I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.

Where are those house keys?